Paulo Silva said : > There are some ms-windows open-source tools very missing on Linux, > such as ModPlugTracker and VirtualDub - i'm saying these two examples > because there's no .mod editor as good as ModPlugTracker on Linux (i > tried all trackers from the Debian repository, and no one is that > good),
Milkytracker is an excellent tracker. The version in pure:dyne has JACK support working (the one in Debian had a bug with JACK, not sure if they fixed that...) a. > and VirtualDub is a very simple and complete video editor very > missing on Linux as well (some people used to cite AviDemux, but there > are no comparisons possible) - on answers from both developers, they > said there would be very difficult to port these two projects to Linux > because they were deeply dependant on MS-Windows API, but i really > doubt on it, since i believe all can be simply replaced with GTK, > wxWidgets, QT, or any other libraries available... i'm not that > skilled to point what can be replaced with what, but i believe it is > really possible! =) > > On 3/23/09, Paulo Silva <[email protected]> wrote: > > taking a look at some work done may have on you better ideas on what > > is missing on open-source tools - this example is a kind of work you > > can do on AfterEffects, and i think you still can't on Jahshaka: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fucBh5FZGU > > > > On 3/23/09, Paulo Silva <[email protected]> wrote: > >> yes, there are lots of very promising open-source applications still > >> lacking deeply on features - for example, just take a look at Jahshaka > >> and Synfig, and compare them with AfterEffects and Flash editor, and > >> you realize how needed of features they are... - and if you think some > >> existing open-source projects are needed to be another new projects, > >> you can fork them, just like Inkscape were forked from Sodipodi, and > >> CinePaint from Gimp - and considering Jahshaka and Synfig are > >> open-source, you can make them much more useful, flexible and > >> professionally-targeted than their proprietary similars - for example, > >> just take a look the Adobe Flash editor crashes when importing more > >> than 1000 frames of vector files sequence (like .ai), and with > >> swf-tools you can create a .swf with 16000 frames easily... > >> > >> On 3/23/09, Aymeric Mansoux <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> Hi Mikko, > >>> > >>> Mikko Eley said : > >>>> So I am canvassing this mailing list for possible software projects. > >>>> What would you like to see in pure:dyne, does anyone have a specific > >>>> need for a piece of arts software that an average computer science > >>>> student could code up in two terms? I familiar with Java but may still > >>>> get into c/c++. Is there a software program that desperately needs > >>>> coding, a utility that would make currently available software work > >>>> better? Or is their an add on that would be needed to be coded that > >>>> would provide a much needed function? > >>> > >>> I think you can have two different approaches for investing your > >>> time: > >>> > >>> - There are already a lot of very good FLOSS that provide artistic > >>> environments to produce all kind of media works. From quite popular > >>> software such as inkscape to more "niche" software like fluxus, there is > >>> a whole range of projects and communities that will welcome any effort > >>> you can offer. Check the project's mailing list, see if there is a > >>> roadmap, TODO or any traces left from the authors explaining what could > >>> be implemented next and you could offer your help on this side. So in > >>> the end it's just a matter of picking up one of these software and help > >>> develop it. (if on small projects a lot is done via ad-hoc exchanges, > >>> bigger projects might already have a guideline on how people can help > >>> and how they should submit patches or propose new features...) > >>> > >>> - In that regard, pure:dyne is not different and if you want to > >>> contribute to the live distribution, you can check on the ticket > >>> tracker and see that there are quite some tasks pending. Most of them > >>> are related to packaging and scripting. The only task I can think of > >>> that would involve some utility tools that we miss badly, would be an > >>> xfce4 control panel for pure:dyne, to configure various parts of the > >>> live distro, for example a GUI to create USB keys, create different > >>> persistent modes, etc... If it had to be done, we would prefer that > >>> python and GTK is used though. > >>> > >>> > >>> No matter what you decide to do, this is a very nice way to invest > >>> your time and energy, and you will probably get more from this > >>> experience than working on an isolated project. > >>> > >>> Of course, you could also just make your own software art as a project > >>> ;) > >>> > >>> > >>> a. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> I'm hoping to be able to contribute something valuable not only to the > >>>> open source community but to artists working with linux. > >>>> > >>>> thank you for your time, > >>>> > >>>> Mikko > >>>> > >>>> --- > >>>> [email protected] > >>>> irc.goto10.org #pure:dyne > >>>> > >>> > >>> --- > >>> [email protected] > >>> irc.goto10.org #pure:dyne > >>> > >> > > > > --- > [email protected] > irc.goto10.org #pure:dyne > --- [email protected] irc.goto10.org #pure:dyne
